Chapter Two

~Kira~

My heart sank as I took in the scene before me. My best friend and my mate all tangled up in the sheets, oblivious of my presence. I could have never suspected that Ella would do this to me. She had been my backbone all these years; someone close to being a family to me.

“Ella!” I cried, my eyes so filled with tears that I was unable to see through them.

Ella jerked and climbed down from Jake when she heard my voice. Jake merely raised himself on his elbows and looked at me like a nuisance disturbing his siesta.

“Ella! You! Why? Why Jake? You know that he is my mate and you know about the pregnancy. How could you betray me this way?”

“That is where you’re wrong, Kira. I did not betray you. In fact, I would say the same for you. Jake here has been my man for over one year now. I don’t know the stupid game that he wanted to play with you which made him decide to ask you out. Actually, you are the one who slept with my man; with all your talk about decency”

“You- you knew about the bet? You were aware of everything? Yet you pushed me to accept his proposal of becoming his girlfriend. You are supposed to be my best friend!”

“Well, I must say that those long months of faking to care about you took a whole toll on me. I’m glad that it is all over. Why would anyone want to be friends with you? Even best friends?”

I put my hands on both sides of my head, trying to process everything that was happening. I felt like I was dreaming and everything that is happening is all a bad dream. I slapped myself twice to wake up but the tingling pain that I felt told me that I was very much awake.

“No. this can’t be happening. Moon goddess! Why are you letting me go through all these pains?”

I heard Jake snicker and I turned to face him in anger.

“You did this to me Jake. You took my innocence, you denied my unborn baby, and you rejected me. I have done nothing but love you all this time; yet you chose to hurt me like this.”

I turned to my best friend. “I trusted you, Ella. You were the family that I never had. I would have laid down my life for you, yet you chose to betray my trust like this”

Ella rolled her eyes at me and exhaled impatiently like she was tired of the whole thing

“Kira, I do not see any need to cry over spilt milk. You lost, just like you always have. A weak omega like you, trying to trap the future alpha with a pregnancy? That is too low, even for one who was picked from the gutters where her mother abandoned her”

“What did you just say?” I asked,

Jake finally sat up on the bed and came to meet me. He circled me twice, laughing as he did so.

“I know that you are dumb Kira; but certainly you cannot be so stupid to think that the people who you call your parents are actually your real parents?”

“Wha—what- are- what are you trying to say?” I stuttered, trying to make meaning of the things coming out of Jake’s mouth.

“It’s confirmed. You really are so stupid”, Jake shook his head. “The story around the Pack is that your mother was a rogue werewolf who camped with us after the alpha granted her mercy. She got pregnant with a bastard which turned out to be you. But then, no one knows how or who got her pregnant. One day, she dumped you in the woods and fled. I’m sure that she was hoping that the wild animals will tear you apart before anyone finds you. Unluckily for us, your stepmother found you and decided to keep you despite all warnings that she received”

He finally faced me square, hatred so deep evident in his eyes. I shuddered when I felt the hate radiating off my supposed mate. Am I such bad luck to people around me? Even to my unknown parents?

“You still killed an innocent woman who took it upon herself to nurture you. You smothered her in her sleep. Did you not know that she died calling out your cursed name? Ever wondered why the pack hates you so much? Including the man you call father? YOU ARE A CURSED, WEAK, WOLF. You bring bad luck wherever you go to. I’m sure that the whole pack wishes that you were torn up by a wild animal that very night.”

I flinched as he spat on me. I have never been so degraded in my entire life. Maybe I felt this was much because it came from a man whom I gave my heart, soul, and body to. I watched him kiss Ella deeply and that pain came again, more excruciating than ever. He wrapped his arms around her and looked at me pointedly.

“Ella is the woman who deserves to be my mate and the Luna of this pack. She is pretty, powerful, and smart. I have already confirmed that she has a good aura. Because of that, I already marked her as mine”

Ella proudly showed me the mark on her neck with a triumphant look on her face.

“You see, Kira, this is a lesson to you to never look past your sights. I will be the luna, and I will produce beautiful legitimate babies for Jake here. This pack will prosper under our reign. You are welcome to be one of my servants if you want. That is the least that I can do for you as my fake best friend”.

“But baby, having this thing as one of your servants might be dangerous. What if she decides to poison you? Or do something to terminate your pregnancy”?

My eyes quickly darted from Jake to Ella, a smug smile played on their faces like people who just won a marathon.

“What do you mean by pregnancy? What pregnancy?”

“Well, I am pregnant for Jake. I’m a few weeks gone already”

“What! You-“

“Yes. That is why he had to mark me so fast before he becomes the alpha. The full moon is almost here and his father, the alpha, is ready to relegate authourity to him. So, you can as well refer to us as your alpha and luna”.

 “You will never give birth to that child, Ella” I said bitterly.

“What is she talking about?”

At that moment, it felt like another being was in possession of my body. I was embittered and I wanted to hurt them for everything they had done to me, even if I was unable to do anything about it.

“You realize that I am going to be the alpha right? The words of an omega have no effect on me or my luna. So I’d advise you to stop your rants” Jake said, obviously pissed with me.

“I agree that as a weak omega, my words are merely nothing compared to yours, but it will make me feel better and I will say it. Jake, because of the hurt and pain that you’ve put me through today, you will never be able to father a child from any other woman asides me. I will be the only woman who will be able to carry your child and give birth to it without hassles or issues. And until you apologize to me, you will never know peace, in this pack, or with any woman you have in your life. I will leave your life, but I hope that this curse will follow you wherever you go”.